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Varvara Yakovleva

Russian bolshevik politician (1885-1941) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 55

Varvara Nikolaevna Yakovleva was a Russian revolutionary, prominent Bolshevik party member, Cheka officer, and Soviet government official, who supported Leon Trotsky's attempt to democratize the party in the mid 1920s.

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She was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1938 for membership in a "diversionary terrorist organization." She was later shot in the Medvedev Forest massacre in Oryol in 1941.

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Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1941 · aged 55